Statistics. A Very Short Introduction
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- Nombre de pages124
- PrésentationBroché
- FormatPoche
- Poids0.118 kg
- Dimensions11,0 cm × 17,5 cm × 0,8 cm
- ISBN978-0-19-923356-4
- EAN9780199233564
- Date de parution01/10/2008
- CollectionVery short introductions
- ÉditeurOxford University Press
Résumé
Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In fact, it is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light on nearly every aspect of our lives - from astronomy to medical research, and from sociology to party politics and big business. Aimed at readers with no prior mathematical knowledge, this Very Short Introduction explores and explains how statistics work, how it is used, and how we can learn to understand and decipher it.
Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In fact, it is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light on nearly every aspect of our lives - from astronomy to medical research, and from sociology to party politics and big business. Aimed at readers with no prior mathematical knowledge, this Very Short Introduction explores and explains how statistics work, how it is used, and how we can learn to understand and decipher it.